Publications by authors named "Poorvi Sriraman"
J Gen Intern Med
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzed the use of physical restraints among hospitalized adults in a healthcare network, identifying that 6.3% of hospitalizations involved restraint use, particularly higher in intensive care units (39% of ICU cases).
- Factors like age, male gender, and language barriers were linked to higher likelihoods of restraint use.
- The ICD-10 code for physical restraint was found to have very low sensitivity (1.5%) but extremely high specificity (99.99%) when compared to electronic health record documentation, indicating a major gap in accurately capturing restraint use.
